UN chief
outraged by killing of civilians by armed
groups in Democratic Republic of Congo

UNITED NATIONS New York (Xinhua) --UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is outraged
by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed
groups in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), his spokesman said Monday.

Guterres condemns
Saturday’s killing of at least 11 civilians, including one boy,
as well as the injury and abduction of several more during an
attack on a town on the outskirts of Beni, said Farhan Haq, the
spokesman, in a statement.

The UN chief is also
deeply troubled by reports that on Friday two Congolese health
workers helping to combat the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu were
killed in Butembo when armed militia attacked the Congolese army
unit to which they were attached.

Guterres calls on
all armed groups to immediately cease attacks against civilians
and ensure humanitarian access to populations in need, said the
statement.

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EARLIER
REPORTS:

At least 15 people were killed
by ADF Ugandan rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo

KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo (Xinhua)
--At least 15 people were killed on
Saturday night during an attack by Ugandan rebels, the Allied
Democratic Forces, in a peripheral neighborhood in the city of
Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a military
source said.

The attack took
place mainly in the Boikene district where several detonations
of heavy weapons were heard all night until the early morning on
Sunday, sources said.

According to the
army that gave a provisional assessment, 15 other people were
taken hostage by the attackers who brought them into the forest
and several shops were looted during the attack.

Among the dead was a
regular army soldier.

The repeated attack
by these rebels is seriously complicating the response to Ebola,
which has hit the DRC hard since August.

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A total of 200
Ebola haemorrhagic fever cases confirmed in DRC

KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo (Xinhua)
-- A total of 200 Ebola haemorrhagic
fever cases have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) since August, said the health ministry on
Saturday.

According to the the
latest statistics published by the ministry, of the 200 cases
confirmed in Beni and surrounding areas in North Kivu Province,
117 have died of the virus and 61 others recovered after
treatment.

On Saturday, eight
more cases were confirmed, including six in Beni and two in
Butembo.

Meanwhile, the
ministry said that two agents of the Rapid Medical Unit of the
Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) died Saturday after an attack by
local militias and the agents were placed at certain points of
entry into hazardous areas to assist national border health
officers.

Declared by the DRC
authorities on Aug. 1 in North Kivu province, the latest Ebola
outbreak was also reported in the northern province of Ituri.

Following a recent
meeting of the Emergency Committee of the International Health
Regulations in Geneva, the World Health Organization said the
tenth Ebola outbreak in DRC does not currently constitute a
public health emergency of international concern.